Originally published at: Four men charged for stealing 18K gold toilet from Winston Churchill's home | Boing Boing
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Because up until now, the police had nothing to go on.
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Here’s hoping that police constable Nicolas Angel is considering that anyone who would deem a gold toilet to be a significant Art installation might also consider its subsequent theft to be performance Art
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Not sure why every article is insisting on the Churchill connection-- it’s sort of a footnote.
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i urinated in that toilet once.
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I wonder, because it’s made of gold if users never get that uneasy feeling when they sit on a recently occupied seat. Would it’s coolness be comforting or become uncomfortable?
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at blenheim or at the gugenheim?
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this was the toilet at the record store I used to manage. it’s just spray paint. the owner painted it.
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Guggenheim!
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Gesundheit!
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And wrong, too.
Oh come on, when was the last time Churchill even used it?
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Art? I know it when I pee in it
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The crime actually occurred in 2019 but the charges have just been brought.
Apparently they had MANY suspects, but narrowed it down to these 4 through the process of elimination.
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Ironically, John Churchill never would use the toilet, as he was accused of embezzlement.
Scottish nationalists wanting a substitute for the Stone of Scone?
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If I knew who did it I would just threaten to turn them in unless they let me take it for a test drive.
That would be reward enough.
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An trailer for the original exhibition, before the theft. I don’t think I spotted the gold toilet, but the concept of placing put of context contemporary sculptures within blenheim was somewhat intriguing.
more such exhibitions
https://blenheimartfoundation.org.uk
and the toilet in situ
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Yeah, Churchill is one of the less interesting parts of Blenheim Palace
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